Decision on Australian captain Meg Lanning's shoulder expected next week

A decision on whether Meg Lanning will have surgery on her troublesome right shoulder soon or wait until after the Ashes is expected by the end of next week after the Australian captain visited a specialist on Thursday.

"She's in good spirits and had a couple of weeks off there," Australian teammate Rachael Haynes said. "In terms of where she sits now, she'll sit down with the physio and our wider medical staff and work out what's the best course of action for the Ashes.

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"I thought she was extremely brave and courageous [at the World Cup]. I thought she showed an enormous amount of character. The team picked up on that and also wanted to make sure they played well for her, too."

"It was good fun, made easier by the team that I was captaining as well," Haynes said.

"The bowlers and the group responded really well to it. A change like that might seem little, but sometimes it can actually have a big impact on the team.

"Everyone responded really positively and just wanted to get on with the business of playing for Australia and winning games of cricket. It was really nice to do and a great opportunity for me personally."

Tickets went on sale for the Ashes on Thursday for the blockbuster series between the holders and the reigning World Cup champions.

This year's Ashes will be decided over seven matches: three one-dayers and three Twenty20s to be played either side of a day-night Test. It will be the first day-night Test in the women's game and the first of an Ashes series for men or women.

England captain Heather Knight said after her side downed India at Lord's in the World Cup final last month that her resurgent team's next target was winning back the Ashes.

"One of the [World Cup] highlights for me was the match against England and the incredible support in the crowd for both teams," Blackwell said. "The fact that it went down to the last ball, it shows the two best teams in the world are going to come up against each other in a multi-format Ashes.

"Everyone's getting better. The support each home board is giving their team is obviously improving, here in Australia that's obvious with the recent MOU.

"We can take away some learnings and we get to test ourselves again against the World Cup holders. We're still ranked No.1 in the world. [It's] devastating that we didn't win a World Cup recently, it was a great tournament.

"I've been a part of many World Cups now and it was the best yet. You can't always win them. It was something really enjoyable to be a part of.

"Cricket all around the world is getting better and it's going to be the same when we play England. I would say we're confident we can win this Ashes."